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Aug. 24, 1943. H A, FlNK 2,327,411

CONTAINER Filed May 22, 1941 @QE-V@ BB mm) 1 Patented Aug. 24, 1943 Yfourre!) srAriEfs PATENT forties Y .CQNTAINER Henry' A.'Finl-;, PelhamManor, `N. Y., assignrto Continental Can Company, `Inc'.,y 'New `York,

`Y., a corporation of New York Application May 22, 1941, I Serialltlo.3345720 1 claim. (o1. 22o-42) The present invention relates to new fanduseful improvements .in containers, and more particularly toimprovements in a sheet metal container having a closure in the form ofa slip cover adapted to frictionally engage the body wall.

More specifically, the present invention contemplates the provision of asheet metal container including a body portion and a closure in the formof a slip cover having a depending skirt or frange which is adapted tofrictionally engage the outer surface of the body wall. There isprovided a relatively tight and rigid friction lit between the cover andthe body wall and a label is secured around the body wall and alsoaround the cover shirt for sealing the container. A container of thistype may be readily opened and closed and is practically air-tight whenclosed. Such a container may be used for various purposes but isparticularly adapted for use in packaging coiiee or other products whereit is desirable to reduce the loss of volatile constituents and to thusprevent deterioration.

An object of the present invention is to provide a container of theabove type which provides a relatively tight iit between the cover andthe body wall and which is constructed and arranged so as to eliminatethe exposure of any raw or sharp metal edges.

Another object of the invention is to provide a container of the abovetype wherein the cover is constructed so as to frictionally engage thebody wall along a relatively narrow friction surface whereby tofacilitate removal of the cover.

A further object of the invention is to provide a container of the abovetype having a label secured around the cover skirt and the body wall andwherein the body Wall is shaped below the cover skirt soV as tofacilitate severing of the label in order to permit easy removal of thecover.

The above and other objects of the invention will in part be obvious andwill be hereinafter more fully pointed out.

In the `accompanying drawing:

Figure l is a side elevation Showing the asn sembled container. Y Y

Figure 2 is an enlarged fragmentary sectional view showing the assembledcontainer and the manner in which the label may be severed.

Figure 3 is an enlarged fragmentary sectional View, similar to Figure 2,but 'showing the label severed and the cover partially removed.

Referring more in detail to the accompanying drawing, the container isillustrated as including I -0 whichi is 1 preferably (cylindrical inshape. 'The'bottoln end of thebody Wallis closed by an end member Hwhich may be secured thereto by a conventional double seam. The oppositeend of the body wall is provided with a closed hollow bead I2 which isillustrated as being curled inwardly of the container. Below the beadI2, the body wall is shaped to provide an inwardly depressed or recessedportion I3 whichk extends peripherally around the container.

The closure is in the form of a slip cover I 4 which is adapted to reston the upper edge of the bead I2 and this cover includes a dependingskirt or flange portion I5 which is disposed around the outside of thebody wall when the container is closed. The free or bottom edge I6 onthe cover flange is turned inwardly and upwardly upon itself so as toprovide a double thickness of metal with the adjacent surfaces incontact with one another. Thus, the inner surface of the cover skirt I5is spaced from the adjacent surface of the body wall and the folded edgeportion I 6 provides a relatively narrow rigid friction surface which isadapted to engage the body wall.

The bottom of the friction surface on the cover skirt terminatessubstantially at the top of the recessed portion I3 on the body wall. Alabel I1 is secured in any suitable manner around the outer surface ofthe body Wall and also -around the outer surface of the cover iiange I5. As particularly shown in Figure 2, there is thus provided a spacebetween the recessed portion-I3 and the label I1 immediately below thecover flange I5. The label thus serves as an additional seal for thecontainer and the upper edge of the label is disposed immediately belowan outwardly knurled portion I8 on the cover :flange so that this edge abody Wall of the label is protected against tearing or the cover portionI4 and the bead like.

It will be seen that the contents of the container are well protected byengagement between the I2 and also by engagement between the relativelynarrow friction surface I6 and the outer surface of the body wall.Furthermore, the label whichis secured over the cover ange and the bodywall, serves as an additional seal for the contents of the container. Itwill also be seen that the construction of the cover flange and top endof the body wall is such as to eliminate the exposure of any raw andsharp metal edges.

The space provided between the label i1 and the recessed surface I3 onthe body wall permits inward pressing of the label in this region sothat it can be severed around the bottom edge of the cover fiange. Aknife T or other tool may be employed for this purpose, if desired.After the label has been severed, as shown in Figure 3, the cover may beeasily removed from the container. The limited engagement between theouter surface of the body wall and the relatively narrow frictionsurface I6 facilitates this removal of the cover. In reclosing thecontainer, the engagement between the cover and the bead l2, as well asthe relatively tight frictional engagement between the folded frictionsurface I6 and the body wall, will serve to provide a Substantiallyair-tight container.

While one form of the invention has been shown for purposes ofillustration, it is to be clearly understood that minor changes in thedetails of construction and arrangement of parts may be made withoutdeparting from the scope'of the invention as set forth in the appendedclaim.

I claim:

A container comprising a sheet metal body portion having the open endthereof rolled inwardly into a hollow bead, said bead lying wholly onthe inside of the wall of the container whereby the container wall atthe outer upper end thereof is of uniform diameter, a metal closuremember for said container having a depending skirt adapted to slip overthe upper end portion of the container body, said depending skirt havingthe lower edge portion thereof turned inwardly and backwardly intocontact with the inner face of the skirt, said inturned portion of theskirt being dimensioned so as to make tight frictional contact with theouter face of the body wall, said body immediately below the skirt ofthe closure member when fully seated thereon being beaded inwardly, anda label extending around the body wall and skirt of the closure memberand secured thereto for sealing the container, said inwardly projectingbead providing a recess at the lower folded edge of the skirt tofacilitate severing of the label along said folded edge when it isdesired to remove the closure member.

HENRY A. FINK.

